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| Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | iii |
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| PART I: Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
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| Scripts for Two Actors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 2 |
| College Money by Megan Terry (2-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
| Career Counseling by Madeleine Martin (2-W) . . . . . . . . . . . | 9 |
| (F-A-T) by Madeleine Martin (2-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 19 |
| Elizabeth the Fourth by Madeleine Martin (2-W) . . . . . . . . . . | 28 |
| Bind Them Continually by Adrienne Lamb (2-W) . . . . . . . . . . . | 36 |
| Fixin' It by Madeleine Martin (2-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 41 |
| Half Truth by Michael Johnson-Chase (2-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . | 53 |
| Don't Rent Furniture by Geoffrey Howard (2-M) . . . . . . . . . . | 64 |
| The Laundromat by Eric Geyer (2-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 72 |
| My Usual by Matthew Calhoun (2-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 81 |
| Muse by William Borden (2-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 87 |
| Mikey's Chair by Michael Moore (1-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . | 93 |
| Revelation by David MacGregor (1-M, 1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 100 |
| Hard to Be Happy by Julianne Homokay (1-W, 1-M) . . . . . . . . . | 108 |
| Philosophical Inquiry at the Edge of a Cliff by Matthew Calhoun (1-W, 1-M)... 114 | |
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| Scritps for Three Actors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 123 |
| Interruptions by Robert Patrick (3-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 124 |
| Clubs by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller (2-W, 1-M) . . . . . . | 130 |
| You've Never Left This Place by Denny Berthiaume (1/2-W, 1/2-M) . | 138 |
| One Evening in Prague by William Borden (1-W, 2-M) . . . . . . . . | 144 |
| Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor by Norman A. Bert (3 Any) . . . . . | 151 |
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| Monologs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 161 |
| Does Anybody Want a Miss Cow Bayou? by Gary Garrison (1-W) . . . . | 162 |
| Fallin' Together by Madeleine Martin (1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . | 168 |
| Pretenses by Louise Stinespring (1-W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 172 |
| Fear of Falling by Norman A. Bert (1-M) . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 175 |
| Fathers and Sons: The Dust Chasin' Me Out, The Dark House That Held You, | |
| and The Green Time by Geoffrey Howard (1-M) . . . . . . . . . . . | 179 |
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| PART II: Securing Your Rights for Your Production . . . . . . . . | 183 |
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| PART III: Rehearsing the Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 193 |
| Scheduling the Rehearsals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 195 |
| Approaching Rehearsals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 201 |
| Rehearsing for Specific Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 203 |
| Rehearsal Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 218 |
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| PART IV: Book List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 231 |
| Rehearsal Helps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 233 |
| Other Scripts by Writers in This Anthology . . . . . . . . . . . . | 235 |
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| About the Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 241 |